Irina Arkhipova (Mezzo-Soprano)
Born: 2nd January 1925, Moscow
Died: 11th February 2010, Moscow
Nationality: Russian
Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. People's Artist of the USSR (1966) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1984).
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